Recommended scaffolding for spatial packages (#362)

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 ## dev
 
-- 2021-11-18, update advice on grouping functions for pkgdown output (#361)
+* 2021-11-19, add recommended spatial packages to scaffolding section (software-review-meta#47)
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+* 2021-11-18, update advice on grouping functions for pkgdown output (#361)
 
 * 2021-11-04, add mentions of stat software review to software review intro and to the first book page (#342).
 

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 * For parsing, creating, and manipulating XML, we strongly recommend [xml2][] for most cases. [You can refer to Daniel Nüst's notes about migration from XML to xml2](https://gist.github.com/nuest/3ed3b0057713eb4f4d75d11bb62f2d66).
 
+* For spatial data, the [sp][] package should be considered deprecated in favour of [sf][], and the packages [rgdal][], [maptools][], and [rgeos][] will be retired by the end of 2023. We recommend use of the spatial suites developed by the [r-spatial](https://github.com/r-spatial) and [rspatial](https://github.com/rspatial) communities. See [this GitHub issue](https://github.com/ropensci/software-review-meta/issues/47) for relevant discussions.
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		* For parsing, creating, and manipulating XML, we strongly recommend [xml2][] for most cases. [You can refer to Daniel Nüst's notes about migration from XML to xml2](https://gist.github.com/nuest/3ed3b0057713eb4f4d75d11bb62f2d66).

		* For spatial data, the [sp][] package should be considered deprecated in favour of [sf][], and the packages [rgdal][], [maptools][], and [rgeos][] will be retired by the end of 2023. We recommend use of the spatial suites developed by the [r-spatial](https://github.com/r-spatial) and [rspatial](https://github.com/rspatial) communities. See [this GitHub issue](https://github.com/ropensci/software-review-meta/issues/47) for relevant discussions.


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